[AT] A little afraid of this one.

[Louis Spiegelberg]

I would tell the potential buyer that you need cash, not any type of check.
They are even counterfeiting postal money orders, my bank won't cash postal
money orders.

Anyway, if I were you and I was handed greenbacks, I would ship it.  I would
have one of those pens that you can use to check the bills.

Lou

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Indiana Robinson
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 4:00 PM
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Subject: [AT] A little afraid of this one.


I have a guy in NC that claims to be very interested in a 22' John Deere
field cultivator I have on Craigslist (Indianapolis list). I took a very
crappy picture one cold day of it sitting in the weeds and that is all he
has seen. It shows "something" green sitting in weeds with a little of the
upper folding frame and top-link connection sticking up out of the weeds. I
sure wouldn't buy something from a picture like that... Here is my ad:
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/grd/1053553324.html
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Here is his message minus the phone number:
"hello. I am wondering if you still have the field cultivator available.  We
sure are interested in getting it.  We have a tractor trailer truck up that
way, if you still have it, do you have any way to load it. The trucker was
going to do it as a backhaul.  We are located in North Carolina."
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A search on his phone number comes up dry. At least it is a NC area code. He
only gave a first name. It just all seems a little "off" to me. Scams are a
serious problem on Craigslist and they warn you constantly to only buy and
sell locally and avoid transactions where you cannot meet the buyer/seller
face to face. I think I will take a pass on this one and wait for a local
buyer. I could help load it on a low trailer or even deliver it locally but
I'm not sure I could get it up on a semi. Anyone that has been to my
farm will also tell you that my road is not semi friendly...   :-)
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BTW, I did sell my 16' IHC disk this week to a fellow Scott and I have
visited with at auctions for many years. He used to work for an auctioneer
that I knew fairly well who died not long ago. I didn't feel too bad about
the disk sale, I bought it from a neighbor many years ago for $600 and sold
it for $950. I had put a set of blades on it about 5 or 6 years ago but they
were off of a disk that a friend with too much money to spend bought new
ones for and he gave me his old set. They were 18" blades and still measure
about  17.5" I have no idea why he replaced them. The old ones I took off of
my disk were down to about 14" and the edges were getting too soft. It was a
great
disk but I just had no more use for it, my CUB won't pull it.   :-)
I also sold my Glenco chisel plow recently and was very happy with that
deal.

-- 
"farmer"

"Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
Morris Moulterd


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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
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